Acting
Lorna Thayer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lorna Thayer (10 March 1919 - June 4, 2005) was an American character actress. Thayer was born in Boston, the daughter of silent screen actress Louise Gibney. She appeared often in theatre and on television. In 1955 she played in The Beast with a Million Eyes with Paul Birch. She played minor roles in the films The Lusty Men, Texas City and Frankie and Johnny. It was her role in the iconic 1970 film Five Easy Pieces as the waitress who refuses to allow Jack Nicholson's character to order a side of wheat toast that she is most likely to be remembered for and identified with. The scene has come to be known as the "chicken salad scene". She died at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Retirement Home in Woodland Hills, California aged 86, after battling Alzheimer's disease for five years. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lorna Thayer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Frankie and Johnny
Film · 1991
Nothing in Common
Film · 1986
Buddy Buddy
Film · 1981
The Aliens Are Coming
Film · 1980
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
Film · 1979
CHiPs
Series · 1977
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
Film · 1976
Smoke In The Wind
Film · 1975
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
Film · 1974
The Family Kovack
Film · 1974
Alice Goodbody
Film · 1974
Mrs. Sundance
Film · 1974
Rhinoceros
Film · 1974
The Dion Brothers
Film · 1974
Skyjacked
Film · 1972
Cisco Pike
Film · 1972
The Andromeda Strain
Film · 1971
Five Easy Pieces
Film · 1970
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Film · 1969
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Film · 1968
Garrison's Gorillas
Series · 1967
That Girl
Series · 1966
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Series · 1961
87th Precinct
Series · 1961
Freckles
Film · 1960
The Tall Man
Series · 1960
Johnny Ringo
Series · 1959
Black Saddle
Series · 1959
The Detectives
Series · 1959
Natchez
Film · 1958
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
The Women of Pitcairn Island
Film · 1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Series · 1956
Playhouse 90
Series · 1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Series · 1956
The Beast with a Million Eyes
Film · 1955
Women's Prison
Film · 1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Series · 1955
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Series · 1954
Medic
Series · 1954
Jennifer
Film · 1953
I Led Three Lives
Series · 1953
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
The Lusty Men
Film · 1952
Cavalcade of America
Series · 1952
Dragnet
Series · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Boston Blackie
Series · 1951
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950